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Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Feb 12
● Final164 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,537 head
▼ 822 vs last sale 2,359▼ 47 vs year ago 1,584 · −3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 107▼ 70 vs year ago 147 · −47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 136▼ 70 vs year ago 166 · −42.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 400-450 lbs and 500-550 lbs sold 3.00 higher while 450-500 lbs were 9.00 lower and 550 - 600 lbs sold 11.00 lower. Feeder steer yearlings 600 lbs -850 lbs were steady - 6.00 higher with the exception of 750-800 lbs being 15.00 lower. Heifer calves 350-500 lbs sold 5.00-7.00 lower with the exception of 400-450 lbs being 2.00 higher and 500-600 lbs sold 7.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers were steady-8.00 higher. Trade was active on slightly smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 4.00-12.00 higher. Market was active with excellent buyer attendance

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.85/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −115.72 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.
Average price
$318.85
126 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$51.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs NM average
−19.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552321.271,773115
Large 1510308.001,5712thin
Medium 1538306.001,6454thin
Medium and Large 1-2576283.001,6303thin
Medium 1-2552270.001,4902thin
One grade step is worth $51.27/cwt here — about $282 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale126 hd
318.85
—
NM average3 barns · 311 hd
322.20
−3.35
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−19.82
This barn, trailing median34 sales
434.57
−115.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
500447394341median 434.5703/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.79, low $354.58, median $434.57 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,675150.562,52220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,178134.881,58912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average994131.031,30215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,087117.821,2808thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,196$2,08324
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,048$2,06010
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,159$1,82816
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,001$1,7314thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$1,7251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,224$1,7253thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$1,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)978$1,5923thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,5601thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,067$1,4867
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,038$1,4503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,063$1,3752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)950$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)970$1,1251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$1,6751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)930$1,5251thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)785$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,265$2,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,260$2,2001thin

Every lot

164 lots · USDA AMS · Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned307455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3972
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5222
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4245
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,5663
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed411400.51/cwt400.00–401.001,6464
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added416430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,78912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420379.96/cwt373.00–389.001,59629
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4573
Steers400–450Medium 1-2445348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5492
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full448357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,59921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed451371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,6733
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy453367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,6635
Steers450–500Medium 1455346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,5742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486331.66/cwt310.00–342.001,61214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full488329.29/cwt329.00–330.001,60714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490346.73/cwt338.00–357.001,69962
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490293.49/cwt292.00–295.001,4384
Steers500–550Medium 1500324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,6202
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned502295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508334.97/cwt330.00–348.001,70223
Steers500–550Large 1510308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full524326.46/cwt326.00–327.001,71115
Steers550–600Medium 1-2552270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4902
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575317.63/cwt304.00–323.501,82672
Steers550–600Medium 1575288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6562
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6303
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611311.60/cwt310.00–313.001,90451
Steers600–650Large 1612298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,8244
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5492
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full624289.96/cwt285.00–292.001,8097
Steers600–650Medium 1648267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7303
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added656294.31/cwt290.00–294.501,93171
Steers650–700Large 1670276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8492
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685274.13/cwt267.00–280.001,87859
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710274.63/cwt268.00–275.001,95038
Steers750–800Medium 1755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,92511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed760285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1662
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3012
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790249.86/cwt244.00–251.001,97414
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811259.41/cwt246.00–260.002,10447
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,9812
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,265182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,3022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers51 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned315369.62/cwt367.00–372.001,1644
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1342394.73/cwt390.00–402.001,3505
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy352355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2504
Heifers350–400Large 1-2362360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,2496
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2373346.50/cwt334.00–354.001,2927
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380369.83/cwt366.00–380.001,40521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added412361.14/cwt360.00–362.001,4887
Heifers400–450Large 1-2431347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,4969
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435343.77/cwt337.00–352.001,49513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445325.51/cwt322.00–330.001,4498
Heifers400–450Medium 1447338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,51110
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2455330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3802
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added463332.36/cwt330.00–336.001,53910
Heifers450–500Large 1463321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,48612
Heifers450–500Medium 1470312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481313.09/cwt308.00–325.001,50654
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy498305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5197
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added532342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8192
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541292.30/cwt284.00–302.001,58150
Heifers500–550Large 1543290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,57521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full545280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5263
Heifers550–600Medium 1557280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5604
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5292
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567288.50/cwt275.00–292.001,63625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0302
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy588315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8525
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2600244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614273.24/cwt270.00–278.001,67824
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full617200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2342
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full635259.66/cwt256.00–262.001,6495
Heifers600–650Large 1645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6133
Heifers650–700Large 1-2665241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6033
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8234
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy678246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6684
Heifers650–700Large 1683245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6733
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684258.40/cwt253.00–267.001,76718
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712254.54/cwt240.00–256.001,81257
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8526
Heifers750–800Large 1777240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,8698
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7162
Heifers750–800Large 1-2798170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3575
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1803232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8634
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1882209.11/cwt206.00–211.001,8448
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,9202
Heifers950–1000Large 1960111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0662
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,165198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,3072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Small 2Unweaned91450.00/head450.00–450.004503
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2451364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,6427
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2Full455326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,4832
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2Unweaned486302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4683
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2494330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6306
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2509326.78/cwt320.00–337.001,6635
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full535175.00/cwt175.00–175.009362
Bulls550–600Medium 1-2561294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6493
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6613
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6612
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2767155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1892
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6304
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2893145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2953
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 2-3372313.54/cwt306.00–322.001,16654
Dairy Steers350–400Small 3382150.00/cwt150.00–150.005732
Dairy Steers400–450Large 2-3400301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,20410
Dairy Steers400–450Small 3413164.09/cwt150.00–170.006787
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3460290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3345
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3516273.58/cwt266.50–274.001,41237
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3567270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5315
Dairy Steers650–700Small 3665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982
Dairy Steers800–850Small 3805120.00/cwt120.00–120.009664
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 2466208.00/cwt208.00–208.009693
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Large 2535194.33/cwt190.00–200.001,0409
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2622190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1822
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Large 2685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2333
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Large 2372316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,17615
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Large 2406321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,30314
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 2543285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5488
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4002
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 2550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006993
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,122134.34/cwt133.00–135.001,5073
Bulls——1,330129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7161
Bulls——1,604144.21/cwt138.00–150.002,3136
Bulls——1,918161.40/cwt156.00–170.503,09610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%994131.03/cwt126.00–132.001,30215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,036120.42/cwt119.00–125.001,2486
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,178134.88/cwt132.00–140.251,58912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,238110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3622
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17851,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Heifers—Large 19301,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows26 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28351,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19451,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29501,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium 19651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29701,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19751,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0101,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0131,708.33/head1,575.00–1,900.001,7083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,412.50/head1,300.00–1,525.001,4132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0341,985.71/head1,700.00–2,050.001,9867
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0351,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0501,650.00/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6502
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0751,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0751,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0802,233.33/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4371
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1121,533.33/head1,325.00–1,675.001,5336
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118133.50/cwt129.00–136.501,4934
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1591,828.13/head1,500.00–1,900.001,82816
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,170132.75/cwt132.00–133.501,5532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1712,026.67/head1,800.00–2,225.002,02715
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2632,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2258
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3181,750.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002

This sale against other markets

New Mexico weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.